"Erza..."
His voice was painfully weak.
Yuuta's eyes finally closed as one last tear slipped across his cheek.
"...Erzaaa..."
The monster's enormous shadow reached him just as Yuuta surrendered completely to the darkness.
Then a low, distorted ring echoed through the endless void, as though an ancient bell had been struck somewhere beneath the deepest ocean.
The sound stretched endlessly through the darkness, swallowing every thought, every emotion, and every trace of pain until everything simply disappeared.
There was no light, no warmth, and no sensation left within that endless emptiness before the ringing abruptly stopped, leaving behind absolute silence.
Yuuta's eyes suddenly flew open.
